another light goes out

Andre Norton's dead. :((((

Her Witchworld books were among the first fantasy I read as a kid. I still know how to draw that gryphon in a crystal ball from one of the covers. Rest in peace, Lady Storyteller.

Strange meetings

I saw an androgyne today. Honestly - I couldn't tell if it was a guy or a girl. The name on the nametag was male. The voice was a girl's, or a pre-mutation boy's, but since he was working, he couldn't have been that young. His face was a little simian - that thing where the lower part of the face is pushed a little forward - but still very pretty and delicate. The hair was short, but a little too fancy for a regular guy. Even the hands were neither here or there, when they're usually the most tell-tale sign. I just couldn't pin a gender on him, though judging by the nametag he was male-identified. I need to put him in a story sometime.

And speaking of androgynes, the one thing I loved about Constantine was Tilda Swanton's Gabriel. Together with the white J-rocky outfit, se was Kohaku on crack. I think I might get the DVD of this one just for the visuals.